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As part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award students need to take up a volunteering activity. This activity is of their own choosing, some students have done football coaching to younger children, others have worked in charity shops, others have done fundraising events for various charities and others have helped with animal welfare.
All of this hardwork has a social cost of £180.18 and has made a massive difference to the local community and charities.
Well done to all students involved.
Tettenhall Round Table Chairman Shaun Walmsley, Social Officer Rob Buka and Media & PR Officer Paul Landa, visited St Edmund’s on Thursday 23rd June to congratulate Mr Morris on completing his 103 mile charity bike ride from Wolverhampton to Aberdovey last Friday.
They were keen to present a cheque for £500 to add to the already impressive £1213.50 that had already been raised for Compton Care, The Good Shepherd, Cancer Research UK and CAFOD.
Mr Morris successfully completed the challenge in just over 8 hours on 17th June (one of the hottest days of the year) and has been completely overwhelmed by the support from all corners of the school community and beyond.
Photo: Shaun Walmsley, Paul Landa, Mr Morris and Rob Buka
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St Edmund’s is proud to announce the success of the Year 10 mock interviews which took place on the 8th June 2022.
Students were subjected to a ten minute interview from one of the thirteen employers who kindly came into the school, followed by a five minute feedback session.
The year 10 students absolutely loved it and felt that the event had helped them considerably. Whether this was maintaining good eye contact, shaking an employer’s hand firmly or just presenting themselves appropriately, they gained huge amounts from the experience.
A massive thank you to Carol Codner (Enterprise Advisor) for arranging the event and to all the employers who gave up their time and expertise to help our students!
Richard Morris, Assistant Principal: Director of Mathematics, is a long-standing member of staff here at St Edmund’s.
He is an enthusiastic cyclist who enjoys fairly long regular weekend rides with friends, however, he is about to embark on his biggest challenge so far by taking part in the Annual Aberdovey Bike Ride on 17th June.
Richard hopes, with your generous and kind support, to raise funds for Compton Care, The Good Shepherd, Cancer Research and CAFOD.
Visit Richard’s JustGiving page: https://justgiving.com/fundraising/richard-morris52
Follow his journey here: https://www.stedmundscloud.co.uk/charity-bike-ride/
We are delighted to announce St Edmund’s Catholic Academy was selected to take part in the Wolverhampton Community Commonwealth Baton Relay today to celebrate the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
A group of students, who have shown excellent commitment to PE and sport, were chosen to be the Baton Relay Team.
The team made a guard of honour as the baton was received from The Kings School then gathered in the Peace Garden to watch the baton be blessed by Monsignor Mark Crisp.
Following the baton being taken on a tour of the academy students departed St Edmund’s to hand the baton to Christchurch Infant & Nursery School, Tettenhall.
Congratulations to the Baton Relay Team:
Amelia Beet, Lysia Bayley, Kayliah Henry, Tori Chambers Brown, Megan Grove, Simran Sohi, Ellie Clews, Autumn Marchant, Kylah Johnson, Arthur Stuttard, Jonah Byrne, Frankie Lewis-Black, Mahdi Asaney, Rocco Di Gianvittorio, Tino Makombe, George Darling, Jack Barrowman, Niket Kumar, Chukwudi Ojeli Ezike and Mercedes Baczynska
Thank you to Mrs Cartlidge (Curriculum Leader PE) and Mr Taylor (Teacher of PE) for organising this wonderful historic event.
Mental Health Awareness Week is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and mental health problems.
The international Mental Health Awareness Week colour is green. This means that students had the opportunity to wear a green ribbon or clothing in support of the event. By wearing the colour green, they are showing others that you care about mental health awareness.
The sixth formers wore green to promote good mental health across the school.
It is important to raise awareness of mental health, to ensure that all students advocate mental health awareness.
For more information how we can tackle loneliness together click the link:
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week
Photo: Katie Smith and Keesha Sumon-Ranger
The Duke of Edinburgh day walk was a great success!
Students spent Saturday 7th May walking around the Kinver area following a route they had pre planned. While walking students were learning how to use a map and a compass and navigate accurately.
After 25000 steps, 16km distance covered and 6 hours of walking, all 41 students finished their day.
Next stop is the qualifying expeditions!
For more information about Duke of Edinburgh Award please check out the website: https://www.dofe.org/do/awardachievement/
